HARD DISK replacement because of very slow transfer speed

 i own HP G6-2005AX, i got it with TOSHIBA HARD DISK,Model - (MK5076GSX) my problem is that while transferrig data from C drive to any other drive, the speed is very vety low (6-9 MB/S).is there a problem in my laptop? i have bought it on 22 0ct 2012, i still have 1 year accidental warranty, can i get it replaced?,can i get hard disk of some other company?(same capacity)
i can post scrrenshot if required.
thanks

Hi,
If you weren't using USB, then were you were transferring data between partitions or to a multimedia flash drive?  
Have you mistaken a partition (primary or logical partition) for a physical drive?
Your notebook has four partitions, unless you have changed the original factory partitioning scheme. C: D: System and HP_Tools.
The following image shows how my loaner  Envy17-3002ea is organized. It is a bit different as it has two physical 750 GB hard disks. Everything as showng inside Disk 0 is a partition. 
What software did you use to determine the transfer speed? 
Which CPU is installed in your notebook?
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